Background
Parkison, James Max was born on January 12, 1943 in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Son of Amherst Max and Agnes Lorraine (Saint George) Parkison.
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James Max Parkison
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Education
1 son, Christopher Hale. Bachelor, Grinnell College, 1965. Juris Doctor, U. Missouri-Kansas City, 1968.
Career
Bar: Missouri 1968, United States District Court (eastern district) Missouri 1969. Volunteer, Volunteers in Service to America, 1969-1970. Staff attorney Saint Louis Legal Aid Society, 1970-1971.
Courts program chief Missouri Law Enforcement Assistance Council, Jefferson City, Missoury, 1971-1973.
State court administrator State of Mo.Supreme Court, Jefferson City, 1973-1981. Assistant director Institute Judicial Administration, New York City, 1981-1983.
Trial court administrator Burlington County, StateN.J., Mount Holly, 1983. Member of national advising committee National Institute Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice, Department Justice, Washington, 1977-1981, national advising committee Institute for Economics and Policy Studies, Incorporated., A Comparative Study of State Court Orgns., 1980-1983.
Member National State Judicial Information Systems Committee, 1973-1981.
Chairman systems documentation committee, 1976-1977. Member long range planning committee and systems development committee National Center for State Court Justices, Williamsburg, Virginia, 1976-1980. Member Executive Committee Coordinating Council of National Court Orgns., 1983-1984.
Consultant Koba Associations, 1975-1983.
Adjunct assistant professor of law New York University School Law, 1982-1983. Adjunct associate professor New York University School Public Administration, 1983-1985.
Adjunct instructor Rutgers School Law, Camden, 1986. Consultant Asian Council for Law and Development, Colombo, Sri Lanka, Ministry of JusticeSri Lanka, 1982.
International rapporteur Commision on Juries, Conference on Independence of Justice, 1983.
Achievements
Membership
Member editorial board The Justice System Journal, 1983. Executive producer Little Theatre, Jefferson City, Missoury, 1980-1981, board directors, 1979-1981, Burlington Company Footlighters, 1986. Member American Judicature Society (life), American Bar Association (member criminal justice section 1981-1984), Conference StateCt.
Adminstrs.
(national Executive Committee 1976-1981, national vice chairman 1978-1979, national chairman 1979-1980), International Bar Association (vice Chairman of Commission on adminstrn.of justice, section on general practice 1982-1984), Sigma Delta Chi, Phi Alpha Delta.
Connections
Married Anne Ruth Hale, November 1, 1969.
